NIU students are following a national trend of protecting the environment by recycling more garbage. Dave Broustis, Student Association Recycling Center director, said student involvement has been tremendous. "Since Monday people have been calling all...

NIU's College of Engineering received a big boost Tuesday when it announced its recent accreditation approval by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Engineering Technology (ABET). The coveted ABET accreditation, essential to the survival of the...

An NIU student reported she was raped early Wednesday morning in Katz Park on Dresser Road by an unknown attacker, DeKalb County Sheriff's Police said. The student was taken to Kishwaukee Community Hospital after the attack, police said. Although Capt....

Greg Baise is the Republican candidate running against Democrat Pat Quinn for Illinois state treasurer. Baise resigned from his position as Illinois Department of Transportation secretary in Nov. 1989. He was appointed transportation secretary in Nov....

Parents who want to send their children to college might have some financial relief if a state treasury candidate gets his way. Republican candidate Greg Baise, a small-businessman, has proposed a program designed to help middle-income families send their...

If recent salary trends for NIU graduates continue, seniors suffering from senioritis might be provided with an antidote. The average salary for bachelor's degree recipients went up 5 percent from the 1987-88 graduating class to the 1988-89, according...

Despite doubts about the worth of a master's of business administration in the 1990s, applications to NIU's program are up 20 percent from 1989. "Job opportunities are not as good for every graduate as they were 10 years ago," said Steve Hallam, Graduate...

Campus organizations will have the opportunity to show newcomers what they have to offer at the upcoming Organizational Expo '90. The annual gathering of campus-wide organizations will be held in the Holmes Student Center Duke Ellington Ballroom from...

An NIU accountancy professor received a $3,000 grant from the Illinois CPA Society for his award-winning research work. Professor Kurt Reding will be honored at the Illinois CPA Society Awards Banquet in Chicago Oct. 17 for his project on the effects...

DeKalb's Safe Passage, Inc. shelter is looking for a few good volunteers to help adult abuse victims and their children. About 20 volunteers are needed to help at the not-for-profit shelter, said volunteer coordinator Cheryl Graham. Volunteers can choose...

You cannot teach what you do not know. That is the basic philosophy behind an NIU program to enhance the orientation and mobility and rehabilitation of the blind, said instructor Thomas Langham. The program offers NIU graduate students the chance to learn...

The number of students older than 25 at NIU lags behind the national percentage of non-typical students returning to campuses across the country. In a Jan. 29 speech at NIU, George Keller, an education writer from the University of Pennsylvania, said...